Comparison and modification of methods for estimating evapotranspiration using diurnal groundwater level fluctuations in arid and semiarid regions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 496, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-16

  Yin, Lihe ^a,b   Zhou, Yangxiao ^b   Ge, Shemin ^c   Wen, Dongguang ^a   Zhang, Eryong ^a   Dong, Jiaqiu ^a  

^a CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Diurnal fluctuation; Evapotranspiration; Groundwater levels

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; COMPARISON; DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER LEVELS;

ARID REGIONS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECOVERY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER;

ARID REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE; WELL WATER;

EID: 84878787340     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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